by
Luca Ranocchiari - Futsalplanet.com editorWith the inaugural
UEFA Women's Futsal EURO 2019 getting closer, changing the history (and hopefully some "dark" minds as well) of the "girls version" of the game, many national FAs in the Old Continent are strengthening, resuming or setting up/creating their women national teams in order to get ready for the right time. A good demonstration (destinated to futsal "managers") of the following dogma: give the correct impulse and (somebody at least) people will follow you.
That's the case of
Finland, which started during the past year with training camps and are now working hard for their international girls debut in Poland, against the local squad.
History will be therefore written on November 18th in Ostroda and the following day in Lubawa. In order to select the best team for such an event, head coach
Jaakko Laitinen has staged one more training camp in Eerikkilä evaluating 4 keepers and 16 field players, to be then reduced respectively to 3 and 13 for the Polish trip. Also, friendly games in Netherlands are planned to take place in February. So, good luck to the
Naisten futsalmaajoukkue!
Finnish Women National Team - Players ListGoalkeepersLeena
Lepikonmäki (ACE)
Siiri
Lilja (MuSa Futsal)
Tiia
Ropanen (ACE)
Lilli
Sandström (Ilves FS)
Field PlayersJonna
Aro (ACE)
Netta
Hannula (MuSa Futsal)
Pirta
Hiukka (GFT Prinsessat)
Jonna
Hyvärinen (Ilves FS)
Jenni
Häkli (Ilves FS)
Emilia
Jokisalo (Ilves FS)
Tiia
Juntikka (FTK)
Anni
Karelehto (Ilves FS)
Anna
Keränen (FTK)
Jonna
Kykkänen (Ilves FS)
Sini
Lauermaa (ACE)
Tiina
Pöyry (Ilves FS)
Elina
Setälä (MuSa Futsal)
Rosa-Maria
Siren (YIlves)
Sini
Sutinen (YIlves)
Daniela
Tjeder (GFT Prinsessat)
Head Coach: Jaakko
LaitinenAssistant coach: Juha
HelanderAssistant coach: Jussi-Pekka
PenttinenGoalkeepers Coach: Matti
VillgrenFinnish Women National Team ready for debut (Photo courtesy: Finnish FA)
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Finnish Women National Team ready for debut (Photo courtesy: Finnish FA)
![Finnish Women National Team ready for debut (Photo courtesy: Finnish FA)](../FTP/news/news-finwntdeb-2.jpg)
Finnish Women National Team ready for debut (Photo courtesy: Finnish FA)
![Finnish Women National Team ready for debut (Photo courtesy: Finnish FA)](../FTP/news/news-finwntdeb-3.jpg)